Algarvian craftsman breathes new life into shoes

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This season, fashion is made by hand and wants it to be noticed

The Lazarim room is highlighted at the Iberian Mask Interpretive Centre. Masks in different stages of construction and the costumes that accompany them during Carnival and Shrove Sunday. By the way, what is it?

It is essential that Portalegre tapestries receive greater international recognition; this should be a task promoted by those who take them abroad.

Seven artisans had a “helping hand” from artificial intelligence to help them conceive their pieces even before they existed. “It was interesting on one hand and scary on the other.”

Today, 'panu di téra' is in fashion and its colours are no longer limited to the more traditional black and white, with it being common to find this fabric in blue, green, or red.

Home Lifestyle The Jewellery We Carry The Jewellery We Carry Filigree and the Stories We Hold Against Our Skin By Advertiser, in Lifestyle · 8 hours ago · 0 Comments Credits: Supplied Image;Author: Carl Hinds ; Some objects feel almost alive.

The duo Inês Amorim and Reid Baker organised their first show at Paris Fashion Week aboard a boat on the Seine, championing the ‘quality of Portuguese garment making’.

The Government will set up a working group for the Calçada Portuguesa to study the situation of this professional and artistic practice and propose measures to valorise it, the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport announced today.

Without revealing the gown so as not to breach the confidentiality clauses inherent in a royal commission, the theatre piece exposes the human dimension of craftsmanship.

This article is part of the 16th edition of ECO magazine. You can buy it here. A hand-painted floral plate at the Vista Alegre factory in Ílhavo can only be made by the most experienced. “A doctor studies for six years, the speciality another two to four years. At Vista Alegre it is ten years before painting flowers …
